El Kantara Province
El Kantara Province
ولاية القنطرة ⴰⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵍⵇⴻⵏⵟⵔⴰ | |
|---|---|
.svg) Map of El Kantara Province | |
| Coordinates: 35°13′00″N 5°42′37″E / 35.21667°N 5.71028°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Created | 2026 |
| Capital | El Kantara |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,400 km2 (540 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 43,110 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| Area code | +213 |
| ISO 3166 code | DZ-07 |
| Districts | 3 |
| Municipalities | 5 |
El Kantara Province (Arabic: ولاية القنطرة, romanized: Wilāyat al-Qanṭara) is a province (wilaya) in eastern Algeria, with El Kantara as its provincial capital. It was created in 2026 by separation from Biskra Province.[3]
The small province covers an area of 1,400 km²[1] and lies in the transition zone between the densely populated north and the sparsely populated south. Around 43,000 people lived in the province at the 2008 census,[2] giving it a population density of 31 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The wilaya of El Kantara is divided into 5 communes,[3] grouped into 3 districts (daïras).[4]
| Daïras | Communes | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Pop.
2008[2] | |
| El Kantara | El Kantara | 11,415 |
| Aïn Zaatout | 3,693 | |
| Djemourah | Djemourah | 12,574 |
| Branis | 4,273 | |
| El Outaya | El Outaya | 11,155 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Estimate using mapcoordinates.net (20420206 El Kantara Province on OpenStreetMap) Cite error: The named reference "mapcoordinates.net" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- 1 2 3 Office national des statistiques (ONS): RGPH 2008, Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs selon la commune de résidence ...
- 1 2 Loi n° 26-06 du 16 Chaoual 1447 correspondant au 4 avril 2026 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 84-09 du 4 février 1984 relative à l'organisation territoriale du pays, Art. 52 bis 12 (French/Arabic)
- ↑ Décret exécutif n° 91-306 du 24 Août 1991 fixant la liste des communes animées par chaque chef de daïra (French/Arabic)
